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diff --git a/man/form_field_buffer.3x b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
index 749f24c5..4cfc8920 100644
--- a/man/form_field_buffer.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.21 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.23 2019/01/20 20:19:03 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_buffer 3X ""
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The remaining routines return one of the following:
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
 .TP 5
 .B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ same buffer.
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.PP
+The \fBset_max_field\fP function checks for an ncurses extension
+\fBO_INPUT_FIELD\fP which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new
+limit is smaller than the current field size.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.